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  Robert Townsend

  regizor

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  Robert Townsend

  scenarist

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  Robert Townsend

  Jefferson Reed
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  Eddie Griffin

  Michael
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  James Earl Jones

  Earnest Moses
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  Don Cheadle

  Goldilocks
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  Charlayne Woodard

  Janice Farrell, Ch. 3 News
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  Big Daddy Kane

  Pirate

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  Wallace Shawn

  Mr. Little
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  Marla Gibbs

  Mrs. Reed, Jeff's Mother
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  Bill Cosby

  Marvin
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  Tommy Redmond Hicks

  Officer Patterson
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  Tommy 'Tiny' Lister

  Digit
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  Sinbad

  Malik, Stacy's Boyfriend
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  John Witherspoon

  Clarence James Carter III

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  Lela Rochon

  Vanessa the Pretty Nurse
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  Beverly Johnson

  Woman Doctor
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  Frank Gorshin (I)

  Byers the Mobster
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  Jerome Ro Brooks

  Crip - Gang member
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  Jenifer Lewis

  Mrs. Williams, Lewis' Mother
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  Senen Reyes

  Crips
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  Faizon Love

  Maurice, Screaming Woman's Husband
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  Joel Weiss

  Orderly
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  Anthony 'Treach' Criss

  Bloods
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  Cynthia Belgrave

  Mrs. Harris
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  Marilyn Coleman

  Mrs. Walker, Reed's Landlady
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  Roy Fegan

  Simon, Golden Lord Chief
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  Robert Guillaume

  Ted Reed, Jeff's Father
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  Bobby McGee

  Uzi, Golden Lord Gunman
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  Robert Townsend

  Jefferson Reed
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  Nancy Wilson

  Mrs. Laws the Principal